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Chiefman,
I have to wonder if the proposed use of honey on a wound is very practical. It does provide a medium in which bacteria cannot grow, but who's gonna go around with a patch of honey on his arm?

If you want some interesting reading , check out "Toxic honeys" on Google search engine. It is amazing how many cultures have used toxic honeys as a "mind expanding " drug. Some of those weird acting shaman were not high on leaves but from eating "special" honeys. Usually the beekeeper was reluctant to tell his source and had an arrangement with certain officials that were in need of a "vision" ,now and then. Some people actually died from it, but of course it is always very dangerous to communicate with the gods. One popular toxic honey was called "miel fou" --crazy honey. If I were to sell this type of honey, I would make sure to get paid in advance.

I was talking to a beekeeper at a market a couple of weeks ago and mentioned it could be used for dressing wounds and he said a Russian family had just bought some honey for that purpose. I think it would be too sticky to stand, but if I didn't have triple antibiotic or beta dyne, I might consider it.